Codemasters announced a long-term collaboration with the FIA World Rallycross Championship for DiRT Rally. The first stage of this partnership will see the RX Supercars, tracks and racing modes implemented into DiRT Rally as part of Codies commitment to deliver regular content updates during Early Access.

Owners of the game will soon be able to drive a selection of these monstrous cars for themselves across three different game modes and experience the sheer speed, action, dynamism and performance that makes World RX one of the fastest growing motorsports in the world. As with all previous updates, this new content will be available free of charge to existing and included for new owners of the game.

The tracks that have currently been built and included in the game are Holjes (Sweden) and Lydden Hill (Great Britain). The Hell circuit in Norway will be added in the near future.

DiRT Rally’s Chief Game Designer, Paul Coleman, explained:

“From the outset we wanted DiRT Rally™ to be the ultimate off-road racer and to fulfill that vision we knew we had to include World RX. Since the launch in Early Access back in April we have continued to add new, diverse content to the game and World RX will add another dimension that will challenge even the most experienced players.”

Team Volkswagen Sweden’s Johan Kristoffersson, who is currently second in the overall World RX drivers’ standings, stated:

“Codemasters have done a brilliant job – the details is very realistic and not far from real life,”

“As drivers we are always wanting to change the smallest things with our cars, but this version is very good. There are just a couple of tweaks that need to be made and then I think it will be just like driving the real thing. It’s by far the best rallycross game I have played.”

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Martin Anayi, World RX Managing Director for IMG, concluded:

“It was great to have the Codemasters team with us in Holjes over the weekend, which allowed us to showcase our new joint game venture to over 40,000 fans. Codemasters has worked exceptionally hard to get this project off the ground and it’s been encouraging to hear such positive feedback from our drivers after they had test-driven the game. We are very excited about our new collaboration with Codemasters and look forward to working with the team more closely to help develop the game further.”

Codemasters have recently released the first major update for DiRT Rally. The update brings several fixes and improvements to the Steam Early Access racer and at no extra cost adds the Pikes Peak Pack.

Codemasters note that Pikes Peak is built “from the ground up in its full fat modern tarmac state (the first time in a video game) and the mixed surface variant we all grew up loving.”

You can view the Changelog below:

New – Added over 4,300 metres of rock otherwise known as Pikes Peak

New – Or old depending how you look at it, yes that’s right we’ve also added the mixed surface version of Pikes Peak too

New – Each route on Pikes Peak is available with a variety of weather conditions (Sunny\Rain\Overcast\Clear)